The "Extra Quality" designation often bundles community presets that push Level of Detail (LoD) distances out past the vanilla threshold. This minimizes distracting object "pop-in" for trees, ruins, and enemies when paragliding across the sky. Performance Comparison: Vanilla vs. Extra Quality Graphical Feature Vanilla 1.6.0 Patch 1.6.0 Extra Quality Profile Bilinear (Blurry at distances) Trilinear / 8x-16x Anisotropic Shadow Cascades Standard (Prone to edge artifacts) Cleaned shadow maps with no black lines Terrain Clarity Faded background details High-fidelity ground textures across long distances Loading Speeds Improved via official Boost Mode Instantaneous (when paired with solid-state storage) How Modders Apply 1.6.0 Extra Quality Patches
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (BotW) update is a major software patch primarily known for introducing VR support via the Nintendo Labo VR Kit and significantly improving loading times . botw update 160 extra quality